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Slovakia: Foreign affairs and defence in the hands of the pro-Russian SMER party

The leaders of three political parties in Slovakia - pro-Russian and populist Smer, social democratic Hlas, and ultranationalist Slovak National Party (SNS) - have...

Italy’s exit from BRI is a big blow to Xi’s international ambitions

In March 2018, Germany, France, and Italy warned about the risk Chinese companies represented for the EU's strategic sectors. However, the government of Italy...

A video of FPÖ youth unmasks the party’s racist and pro-Nazi nature

Austria faced a major political crisis in 2019, known as IbizaGate. The scandal involved Heinz-Christian Strache, the former Vice Chancellor and leader of the...

The Spanish far-right Vox: A threat to the Spanish democracy

Spain’s general election on Sunday could increase the number of EU member governments formed by a coalition with the far-right. Hungary, Poland, Italy, Finland,...

The governing far-right constantly undermines EU integration

On July 5, Georgia Meloni, Italy’s far-right leader and Prime Minister, met with her Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki in Warsaw. The meeting of the two PMs had...

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